Health

Staff of the sub-Department of Veterinary in northern Ha Giang province spray disinfectant at a local farm to stop the spread of African swine fever. (Photo: VNA) Ha Giang (VNA) - Dozens of pigs infected with African swine fever were culled on May 20 in the northern border province of Ha Giang, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.   The outbreak was reported last week in Quang Binh district after several pigs at Vuong Van Vi's farm in Ven hamlet in Tan Trinh commune contracted African swine fever and died. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development required the local administration to take steps to fight the spread of the disease. Quang Binh district set up quarantine check-points to inspect trade, transport and slaughterhouses, and sprayed disinfectant at Vi’s farm and on roads leading into Ven hamlet. The disease, which has hit 34 provinces and cities in the … [Read more...] about Ha Giang detects first outbreak of African swine fever

The 50-year-old man living in Commune Phu Xuan was rushed to the hospital yesterday when his heart stopped pumping and breathing with high body temperature over 40 Celsius degree. Doctors diagnosed that the man was experiencing heat stroke and then provided intensive treatment yet their efforts to save him was unrewarded. He had been already dead. According to his relatives, he and his wife harvested peanuts in the nearby field in the sun. He fell into the faint suddenly in the field. The wife immediately called for the help of locals to take him home for changing clothes and then rushed him to the infirmary as they discovered him to lose consciousness. Those suffering heat stroke usually have symptoms including dizziness and light-headedness; lack of sweating despite the heat; red, hot, and dry skin and nausea and vomiting. People should move the person having a heat stroke to an air-conditioned environment -- or at least a cool, shady area -- and remove any unnecessary clothing; and … [Read more...] about 50-year-old Vietnamese man dies due to heat stroke

Statistically, the odds of naturally conceiving with triplets are around 1 in every 60,000 or 200 million births in the globe. Three babies of the 29-year-old mother weighed 2.1 kilogram, 2 kilogram and 1.7 kilogram Head of the Maternity Ward Dr. Pham THi Lan Huong said that the 35 week pregnant woman was rushed to the province General Hospital because she had pain and the bag of waters ruptured . after examining, doctors decided to perform C-section because two babies’ positions were upside down. Furthermore, the woman had undertaken C-section two times before so surgeons had to use drug to help her uterus to increase the frequency and intensity of the contractions. After one hour, the three babies were born. The triplets are in stable condition now.By MINH KHANG - Translated by HAI SON Tags: Woman gives birth to triplet in one egg: rare in globe … [Read more...] about Woman gives birth to triplet in one egg: rare in globe

At the workshop (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – How to send Cuban doctors to work in Ho Chi Minh City was a topic at a workshop held by the city’s Investment & Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) on May 16. Speaking at the event, Cuban Deputy Minister of Health Marcia Cobas Riuz said that after 60 years of building a modern healthcare system, Cuba now has 90,000 doctors and 30,000 medical workers. Besides developing healthcare tourism, Cuba has sent thousands of doctors to work in 63 countries and territories worldwide, she said, adding that Cuba wants to have a Cuban doctors programme with Vietnam, who has good friendship with the American country for years, in the time ahead. Welcoming Marcia Cobas Riuz’s initiative, Vice Director of the municipal Department of Health Nguyen Huu Hung said that HCM City will be a pioneer to receive Cuban doctors to work at local private healthcare facilities. As the city only has 18 doctors per 10,000 residents, receiving Cuban … [Read more...] about HCM City, Cuba step up healthcare cooperation

Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem (R) and Cuban Deputy Minister of Health Marcia Cobas Riuz (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – Vietnam’s southern economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is keen to implement health care cooperation programmes with Cuba, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Le Thanh Liem said at a reception for visiting Cuban Deputy Minister of Health Marcia Cobas Riuz on May 16. He said HCM City wants to carry out the Cuban doctors programme in the city and collaborate in the distribution of pharmaceutical products and human resources training. The city is willing to work with Cuba to implement a plan on primary dental care, he added. Marcia Cobas Riuz said her ongoing visit aims to increase the efficiency of cooperation in medical care between Vietnam and Cuba in general and between Cuba and Vietnamese localities in particular. Based on the sound traditional relations between the two countries, … [Read more...] about HCM City wants to cooperate with Cuba in health care